Milestone for growing community

This year marks an important milestone in the history of Holy Trinity Lutheran College – it is its first year as a foundation to year 12 college.

Principal Daniel Weller said as Horsham’s only independent foundation to year 12 school, it provides quality Christian education for its students by fostering a culture of ‘curious thinkers and enthusiastic learners’ who strive for excellence and value creativity, collaboration, critical thinking and communication.

“We’re a college that continues to innovate our learning programs to strengthen learning outcomes of our students,” he said.

“Over the past year we have been involved in a teaching and learning project that looks at the necessary thinking skills that students need to thrive in this changing and challenging world that we live in.”

Mr Weller said, in conjunction with Independent Schools Victoria and Harvard Graduate School of Education, the ‘Making Thinking Visible in a Complex World’ project provided staff and students with opportunities to investigate and engage in thinking routines that supported rich and deep thinking – to encourage collaborative, creative, critical and curious thinkers.

“Over the course of the project our teachers have implemented ‘visible thinking’ into learning programs,” he said.

“This creatively engages students in their learning as they develop thinking routines that encourage students to make their thinking visible to themselves, their peers and the teacher,” he said.

“This makes learning more meaningful and builds deeper and broader understanding to use knowledge in different contexts.”

The school has invited the community to experience a ‘day in the life of Holy Trinity Lutheran College’ at an open day from 11am to 1pm on Sunday, May 26.

Mr Weller said visitors would be able to tour the campus to explore the state-of-the-art facilities – including the newly opened senior precinct – speak with teachers and students and enjoy a barbecue lunch.